Albert Bandura

"By exercising forethought, people can motivate themselves to pursue those actions that are likely to produce valued futures."

"Humans can represent futures symbolically and use these cognitive representations to guide present behavior."

"Social influences are not unidirectional; they are reciprocal."

"Collective efficacy determines the collective performance."

"The capacity to defer gratification is essential to human functioning."

"Emotional states are largely products of one's thought patterns rather than direct reactions to events."

"People create realities as much as they are created by them."

"The likelihood that people will act on the basis of their attitudes depends on the strength of their perceived self-efficacy."

"Humans can profit from the successes and mistakes of others through observational learning."

"There is no such thing as learning without some form of practice and feedback."

"People are both architects and products of their own environments."

"Self-efficacy is not a measure of the skills one has but of the judgments of what one can do with those skills."

"The regulation of human motivation and action is not exclusively rooted in the external world."

"People guide their own behavior through symbolic thought, forethought, and behavioral feedback."

"Efficacy is a better predictor of behavior than actual ability."

"Humans are self-reflective and self-regulating organisms capable of controlling their own destiny."

"The ability to exercise control over one's environment and one's own emotions is crucial for success."

"Through vicarious learning, people can acquire complex behaviors and knowledge without having to perform the behaviors themselves."

"Performance attainments provide the most influential source of efficacy information."

"Humans are not driven by inner forces alone, nor are they simply shaped and controlled by external stimuli."

"Resilience is built through repeated mastery experiences."

"The self is not a thing but a continuing process."

"People operate from beliefs about their capabilities and these beliefs shape the courses of action they pursue."

"Thought shapes behavior, and behavior in turn shapes thought."

"The mind is not a spectator; it is an active participant in creating the reality it experiences."

"Humans learn not only from their own experience but from the experience of others."

"Success and failure are both important teachers."

"Behavior is shaped by the reciprocal influence of personal factors, behavior, and the environment."

"People are motivated more by envisioned futures than by histories of past failures."

"Confidence is the result of repeated success and is built through deliberate practice."